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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Wolf OR-7," what word does the speaker say can also mean "touch" (32)?
(a) Howl.
(b) Love.
(c) Bite.
(d) Know.

2. In "Catching Copper," when the brothers are searching for their bullet, what sound is heard?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Moaning.
(c) Clicking.
(d) Barking.

3. According to "American Arithmetic," what percentage of the U.S. population is Native American?
(a) 1.4%.
(b) 0.8%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 2%.

4. In "The Mustangs," what AC/DC song is mentioned?
(a) "Shot in the Dark."
(b) "Highway to Hell."
(c) "Back in Black."
(d) "Thunderstruck."

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what comparison is made by the lines "eaten the bread/ of your thighs, broke you to wine" (7)?
(a) The hard work of a relationship is compared to agricultural work.
(b) Jealousy and possessiveness in a relationship is compared to cannibalism.
(c) Coming home to the beloved is compared to the Ancient Greek tradition of hospitality.
(d) Sex with the beloved is compared to the Christian rite of communion.

6. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," to what does the speaker compare the United States?
(a) Spilled milk.
(b) Spoiled milk.
(c) Broken glass.
(d) Broken ice.

7. What is implied in "Postcolonial Love Poem's" allusion to the wars "which started me, which I lost and won"?
(a) Diaz is a pacifist who objects to war of any kind.
(b) Romantic relationships represent both a beginning and an end.
(c) The speaker's parents had a difficult relationship, and she inherited their argumentative tendencies.
(d) Both the speaker's existence and struggles result from the wars of colonial conquest.

8. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the speaker's objection to her lover saying, "You make me feel like lightening" (15)?
(a) She associates lightening with violence.
(b) She associates lightening with rain.
(c) She associates lightening with whiteness.
(d) She associates lightening with Manhattan.

9. In "Like Church," what fruit does the speaker say the afterlife will be full of?
(a) Apples.
(b) Figs.
(c) Melons.
(d) Pomegranates.

10. In "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?
(a) Double entente.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Anthropomorphism.
(d) Sarcasm.

11. In "Run'n'Gun," what causes the speaker's older brother's game to deteriorate?
(a) He gets more involved with his job and adult responsibilities.
(b) He develops a substance use disorder.
(c) He develops a chronic injury.
(d) He starts spending more time with his girlfriend.

12. In "Run'n'Gun," what is the rhetorical purpose of the description of the Indian children's shoes and socks?
(a) It portrays their pride in their heritage.
(b) It foreshadows the poem's ending.
(c) It develops the poem's lighthearted tone.
(d) It portrays them as underdogs.

13. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," when the speaker says that "Maps are ghosts," what technique is being used?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Simile.
(d) Malapropism.

14. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?
(a) Blood.
(b) Love.
(c) Land.
(d) Stars.

15. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Run'n'Gun," what sport does the speaker discuss?

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what does the speaker claim to do with her "mouth of smoke" (14)?

3. In "Like Church," the beloved's shoulders are compared to "hematite clocks" (29). What is hematite?

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the literal meaning of the figurative lines, "an American drone finds then loves/ a body--the radiant nectar it seeks" (15)?

5. On page 32 of "Wolf OR-7," what motifs from earlier poems in the collection recur?

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